Fai Fah by Spark
Architects Spark have added a stairwell resembling a giant wedge of Swiss cheese onto two Bangkok shophouses they've converted into a youth centre. More about Fai Fah by Spark
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The Back Room by Studio Toogood
London Design Festival: designer Faye Toogood has opened up the back room of her studio in north London to host a salmon-smoking workshop, locally sourced lunches and a literary salon. More about The Back Room by Studio Toogood
Dezeen Mail #119
This week's issue of Dezeen Mail leads with our coverage of the London Design Festival, including the Prism installation at the V&A museum that displays live data from around the city (above), plus all the latest news, jobs and competitions.
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Dezeen Music Project: Atelier by Reset Robot
All this week we're featuring music by different artists as part of our Dezeen Live shows at 100% Design. We played songs by Strong Asian Mothers on yesterday's show, a band we featured on Dezeen Music Project earlier in the week, and today it's the turn of Portsmouth-based DJ Reset Robot to raise the roof at Earls Court.
This track will give you a taste of what Reset Robot is all about. Taking inspiration from the techno and tech house genres, we think it's exactly the kind of hard-hitting dance music you'd want a robot to make.
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Yo! Home at 100% Design
London Design Festival: the family home of the future will feature mechanised floors and furniture that emerge from walls, floors and ceilings at the touch of a button, according to Yo! Sushi and Yotel founder Simon Woodroffe (+ slideshow). More about Yo! Home at 100% Design
Old Bearhurst by Duggan Morris Architects
A converted nineteenth century farm building once used for drying hops has been nominated for the RIBA Manser Medal for the best new house in the UK, following a renovation and extension by architects Duggan Morris (photographs by James Brittain + slideshow). More about Old Bearhurst by Duggan Morris Architects
Get a half-price recruitment advert on Dezeen Jobs
We relaunched Dezeen Jobs last week with a new look, and to celebrate we've introduced a special offer for a half-price recruitment advert. To get your discount, pick up a voucher this week from Dezeen Super Store at 38 Monmouth Street WC2, or one of our pop-ups at 100% Design (stand IP15) or designjunction (stand B6).
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QR-Code Hotel Room by Antoine Peters
In the most extreme example yet of QR codes used as decor, the new Hotel Modez in Arnhem has a room covered entirely in scannable codes that link to "pornography, pin-ups and other piquancies". More about QR-Code Hotel Room by Antoine Peters
Apple named best design studio of past 50 years at one-off D&AD ceremony
News: Apple was named best design studio and best brand of the past 50 years at a special ceremony marking the 50th birthday of D&AD this week and Apple's entire design team, including senior vice president of industrial design Jonathan Ive (above), flew to London to collect the awards. More about Apple named best design studio of past 50 years at one-off D&AD ceremony
Yves Behar on skeuomorphic design and Apple
Developing hardware and software at the same time is design's "new frontier", according to industrial designer Yves Behar, who added that "Apple is actually a little bit behind in that area". More about Yves Behar on skeuomorphic design and Apple
UK government website redesigned according to 10 new design principles
London Design Festival: the UK government has launched a new website in beta designed according to 10 principles devised by Ben Terrett, head of design at the Government Digital Service, who spoke to Dezeen at the Global Design Forum this week (+ audio). More about UK government website redesigned according to 10 new design principles
Sogn & Fjordane Kunstmuseum by CF Møller Architects
Danish firm CF Møller likens its completed art and craft museum in Norway to a "block of ice that has slid down from the surrounding mountains" (+ slideshow). More about Sogn & Fjordane Kunstmuseum by CF Møller Architects
Thursday's speakers at Dezeen Live
London Design Festival: Dezeen is hosting a series of innovative daily live shows at 100% Design, continuing today at 5pm with London designers Dominic Wilcox (above) and Asif Khan, and curator and writer Daniel Charny. More about Thursday's speakers at Dezeen Live